April 2007 – Page 4 – red paper boat

Rainy Day

April 14, 2007September 21, 2015 Shelly

View to the south taken from the third floor of the main library, Indiana University

YouTube Gems

April 14, 2007January 8, 2016 Shelly

Before going to bed last night, I took out the dog and called the weather line. The temperature was 46F. Anyone want to guess whose air conditioner was running?

This has been floating around for awhile now, but just in case there is anyone out there who missed the darling otters, check it out. Right now.

And if you need a chaser for all that cuteness, there ya’ go. Never before have I been faced with the realities of simultaneously peeing my pants with laughter whilst vomiting. And, on second thought, perhaps that explains the laughing gnome? Hmmm.

Crankypantsing

Mr. Upstairs Update

April 13, 2007September 21, 2015 Shelly

Sunlight on Rain Drops on Wood Post

I think he may have received his noisy bastard letter. His radio was blasting jazz when I got home, then it switched to blathering pundits, but by 7:00 he’d turned it off entirely, and he was quiet for the rest of the evening. It’s almost too good to be true. I guess the acid test will be how much noise he makes over the weekend.

And while I’m crankypantsing, I recently downgraded to the one-at-a-time Netflix plan. I noticed that they seem to think that means I don’t want my fil-ums as quickly, because an extra day has been added to the turn-around time. Not cool! I returned Tideland on Tuesday, and will supposedly receive my next disc today. I should have received it yesterday. Waaah!

Art

Card Catalog

April 12, 2007September 21, 2015 Shelly

Y’all have seen the card catalog generator that’s been making the rounds? It’s cute, but it got me thinking that I would love to have a small supply of the real thing. We got rid of our card catalog a few years ago, but librarians being what they are, I was sure someone had stashed a few away, so I asked around. Sure enough, there was a stack of a couple hundred cards with my name on them. Yay. And they’re lovely cards, too, with a nice patina, lots of notations, and excellent titles for collage work.

I think I’m going to try to figure out how to bind some of them into a book. Somehow, the idea of a book made out of catalog cards is extremely amusing to me.

Journals

Found Journal

April 12, 2007September 21, 2015 Shelly

In my junk store wanderings, I came across someone’s abandoned travel journal. It’s from a trip to London and Germany in the mid 1980s. This fortune was pasted inside the front cover. (The rest of the pages from the journal are scanned and can be viewed here.)

Photography

Sunset

April 12, 2007September 21, 2015 Shelly

There wasn’t much of a sunset from where I was located, but not long after the rainbow dissipated, the clouds along the northeastern horizon turned a lovely pink color.

Photography

Double Rainbow

April 11, 2007September 21, 2015 Shelly

I took one last look at the northeastern sky, and lo and behold, there was a double rainbow! It started to dissipate after only a couple of minutes. And check out the funky shearing in the clouds in the lower photo. It’s like someone grabbed a hunk of cotton candy and pulled it into wisps.

Photography

Spring Storm

April 11, 2007September 21, 2015 Shelly

A storm blew through about an hour ago, with hail, lots of wind, and really dark skies. When the worst had passed, there were some faint mammatus clouds visible. The bottom picture was taken after the sun had come out, but while the northern sky was still deep blue with clouds.

The mammatus pictures didn’t come out very well, so I tweaked the hell out of them in Photoshop.

Crankypantsing, Photography

Lovebird Feathers and Puppy Teeth

April 10, 2007September 21, 2015 Shelly

Andy sent me some puppy teeth and feathers from their lovebirds. Um, the feathers are from their lovebirds, and the teeth belonged to a visiting puppy. The feathers are bitty, but I think I’ll be able to incorporate them into something.

In other news, I finally managed to get fed up enough to complain about Mr. Upstairs. Boy did I not want to do that, but I really didn’t have a choice. Yesterday, I was treated to the twin blarings of his television and jazz music. I’m sorry, but I draw the line at being invaded by a jazz band. The office manager’s response to Mr. Upstairs dumping random crap on my patio was “Eeeew!” She said they’d send him a letter, so hopefully within a day or two, the noise level will drop, and things stop falling from the sky.